I got called to write for Aerosmith, nothing ever came of it, but I ended up spending the day with Steven Tyler and going to his house and we sat down at the piano, just me and him, and he sang for me and played, then he asked me to sing for him, and then we sang harmony together. That was just a big moment where it was like 'oh my god, my life is crazy!' It was really cool.

Bonnie McKee

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Cheating is bad. That's a big mistake I've made, and I've really hurt people. I've never lied about it, though. I've always been honest.

Bonnie McKee

hurt mistake cheating

In my head, I wanted to be Madonna, but the music I was writing on paper was not what you'd choreograph dancers in costumes to. It was more coffee-house stuff.

Bonnie McKee

coffee house writing

I have a reoccurring dream that I'm in the ocean in New Zealand and everything is completely upside down, because it's on the other side of the planet.

Bonnie McKee

ocean dream sides

When I write for myself, I just get to be myself.

Bonnie McKee

writing

When I go and write with other artists - a lot of the time it's with them - it's like a therapy session almost. I ask them what they're listening to and what they're going through and what their influences are and I try to get inside of their head and step into their shoes for a second.

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shoes artist writing

It's nice to really have the freedom to write what I want.

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nice want writing

It's really liberating and fun to be writing stuff for myself, and really have the freedom to say what I want to say and not really have to think about what somebody else is going to say or have to edit myself to speak from someone else's vision.

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writing fun thinking

If you can take it to the next level and really tell an interesting story in a unique and fresh way, then I feel like that's a great song.

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unique song interesting

I think the difference between a good song and a great song is... honestly, I think the lyrics, because if you have a really solid melody and solid track and everything is there but then the lyric is just okay, then you've got a good song.

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differences song thinking

I was writing songs as a kid about leprechauns and Catwoman and teapots - whatever it is that little girls wanna sing about.

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writing song kids

It's just funny that anybody would care at all to take apart the words that I write. It's kind of cool!

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care kind writing

I love writing with Adam Lambert. He's really funny and very fun, he's a great friend.

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great-friend writing fun

Ke$ha is super talented and super fun and always down to party - I love that girl.

Bonnie McKee

party girl fun

I think I've learnt a lot about bullying and how to deal with bullying and how to get over that and to just be yourself and forget the haters.

Bonnie McKee

being-yourself bullying thinking

Maybe I'd like to be a little more than friends with Ryan Gosling, but I'd just like to hang out occasionally.

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more-than-friends hanging-out littles

I've always felt my spirit animal was a Tiger, so it's funny that now in 'Roar' with Katy Perry - which is a song we write together - there's the line: "I got the eye of the Tiger..." So I feel like there's a little bit of me in there.

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eye writing song

I like to go to the movies at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. They do this thing in The Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood where everybody sits out on the grass and they project movies and it's very romantic and very old-school Hollywood, so I love that.

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hollywood forever school

I think one day I'd like to win an Oscar.

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one-day winning thinking

I'd like to go the Cher route and act and sing and write and have a TV show and do it all.

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tv-shows tvs writing

I just want to give people something to dance to, and something to cry to, and laugh to and fall in love to.

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falling-in-love giving people